I don’t always read Terms of Service, but in the last few years as social media has blown up, I went from click, agree to skim, click, agree to click, read, and maybe I just might not be agreeing after all. (Or agree.) Today, people have been on Facebook, twitter …
I’m a bit confused when I hear about readers disappointed or unhappy that a blogger has written a sponsored post. Amongst many great writers I know online, you’d never know a post was sponsored if not for the fact they disclosed it. Why this bothers readers, I can’t be sure. …
The mardi gras beads look like pearls, no? It’s a fancy 5K.
Be the change you wish to see. (I grew up hearing that a lot.) Get involved in what you believe in. (And hearing that.) Make your voice heard. (That, too.) But my family didn’t just talk the talk, the walked it, too. Sometimes literally, like just last weekend for the …
I don’t believe there is a reason for everything. There are events, things that can’t be made sense of, that simply defy reason. I don’t believe in reasons for some things. But signs. I believe in signs. Good ones. Like hummingbirds. And Friday the 13ths. And red balloons. I believe …
I’m editing photos from the Autism Speaks 5K today in Pasadena. Great day with family and friends - but really, LA, 85+ temps in April? Slow down summer…what’s the rush? xo a.
I began writing about social media netiquette and ethics for blog readers and writers, but the more I saw kids (elementary through high school) using apps on their smartphones and iPads, and online on sites that I use, I realized that the conversation needed to expand. Like, yesterday. Curious, I …
Yesterday they released all the conference details for BlogHer ’12, which will be here before we know it. I’ll be speaking on day two, so if you’re coming I hope to see you there - friends, Manhattan, BlogHer, Manhattan - what more could you want? When I opened the homepage …